Eyewitness to the Civil War : the complete history from secession to Reconstruction /
edited by Neil Kagan ; narrative by Stephen G. Hyslop ; introduction by Harris J. Andrews.
- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, �2006.
- 416 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue : A nation divided -- 1861 : First blood -- 1862 : Total war -- 1863 : Victory or death -- 1864 : Rebels under siege -- 1865 : The final act -- Epilogue : The nation reunited.
Records the military, political, social, and cultural history of the Civil War through photographs, artifacts, period illustrations, maps, essays by historians, and firsthand accounts.